China Xinjiang Airlines

China Xinjiang Airlines
中国新疆航空公司
中國新疆航空公司
Zhōngguó Xīnjiāng Hángkōnggōngsī

IATA ICAO Callsign XO CXJ Xinjiang
Founded	1985
Ceased operations	2003
Headquarters	Diwopu International Airport, Urumqi

China Xinjiang Airlines (S: 中国新疆航空公司, T: 中國新疆航空公司, P: Zhōngguó Xīnjiāng Hángkōnggōngsī) was an airline based in the People's Republic of China owned by CAAC. It had its headquarters on the property of Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi. In 2003, the airline was acquired by China Southern Airlines.

The airline had been founded in 1985. It was based in Ürümqi, the provincial capital of Xinjiang, and had a secondary hub in Changzhou in Jiangsu province.

Former destinations

Besides domestic routes, China Xinjiang also served the following:

• Kazakhstan - Almaty
• Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
• Pakistan - Islamabad
• Russia - Moscow, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg
• Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Fleet

China Xinjiang Airlines Ilyushin Il-86 in 1997.

China Xinjiang operated the following aircraft types, when it was merged into China Southern Airlines.

China Xinjiang Airlines Boeing 757 at Ürümqi Airport in 1999.

• ATR-72
• Boeing 737-700
• Boeing 757-200
• Ilyushin Il-86

Former fleet included DHC-6 and Tupolev Tu-154.

Articles

• Xinjiang Airlines maintains China's longest safe flight record (January 3, 2003)
• China Northern & Xinjiang Airlines using China Southern flight code on domestic flights (January 10, 2003)
• China Northern Airlines and Xinjiang Airlines now using China Southern flight code on all international flights (March 28, 2003)
• Continued integration of China Northern & Xinjiang Airlines (April 8, 2003)
• People's Daily article: "China Southern signs asset acquisition agreement". (November 17, 2004)

External links

• Xinjiang Branch - China Southern Airlines (simplified Chinese)
• Xinjiang Airlines (Archive) (simplified Chinese)
• Airlines Remembered: China Xinjiang Airlines
• Aviation photos: China Xinjiang Airlines
• Airline timetable image: China Xinjiang Airlines